Rewatching TAR2....

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feeds@yuku.com (Apprentice Talker) — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:41:47 GMT

I hate TAR1's Nancy & Emily's mistook detour, they received a 24-hour penalty that didn't follow the detour clue correctly. They chose the taxi to next destination instead of private vehicle. At the pit stop in Thailand, they arrived 4th but Team Guido was stayed for the race and they were eliminated on that leg.

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feeds@yuku.com (greenraven1) — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:52:51 GMT

^ Since you didn't name or explain your link I would suggest no one just click on it based only on blind faith and the hope of no worms at the other end. I know I'm not clicking on it.

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feeds@yuku.com (one time post) — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:33:13 GMT

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feeds@yuku.com (lawnmunchkin) — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:28:39 GMT

I loved the TAR 1 France's leg. Not only did we have all the things you mentioned above, but we had the snooty Guidos going off to drink wine, and then them teaming up with the "underdogs" only to ditch them and hope they get on the wrong train. (Thank goodness they didn't!)

We also get that great moment at the pit stop when one of the Guidos (I think it was Bill) announced what place they were before the greeter did, and then the greeter had to correct him. I...

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feeds@yuku.com (greenraven1) — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 08:04:01 GMT

I liked TAR1's French legs too because I think it is good to include icons like the Eiffel Tower and Notre Dame. It is what real travelers -- just not some lame first time tourists only -- would like to see too. Icons are icons for a reason. Unlike say the world's biggest office chair.

The search for the pit stop pennant RB turned out great because it was hard to spot. Which brings up poor Lenny. And Paul flipping out. And Kim & Leslie made their big mistake there...

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feeds@yuku.com (Annoying Tool Fanboy) — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 19:41:18 GMT

Hey, I really liked the TAR1 French legs. Tasks weren't that exciting, but we got to see the city, and it didn't feel rushed at all, the way every leg does now.

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feeds@yuku.com (oh ehm gee) — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 07:49:45 GMT

Glebe220 wrote:
I did appreciate they edited it a bit differently, making it seem like a traditional race to the finish between Kelly/Jon and Steve/Dave. If you weren't counting teams you would've expected Phil to eliminate Steve/Dave, but he says "team number 8" and then we see Steve/Josh lost in the dark.

Except that they've done that before, I think, and certainly after...

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feeds@yuku.com (Glebe220) — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 07:06:12 GMT

I did appreciate they edited it a bit differently, making it seem like a traditional race to the finish between Kelly/Jon and Steve/Dave. If you weren't counting teams you would've expected Phil to eliminate Steve/Dave, but he says "team number 8" and then we see Steve/Josh lost in the dark.

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feeds@yuku.com (A Dying Clown) — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:34:15 GMT

You'd think the French (and German) legs would be some of the best due to the rich and varied culture, but they rarely are (though TAR1's Paris is love <3, except for David/Margaretta's weird edit).

From a sheer planning point of view, TAR4's is still the worst leg ever. Take a dull flight route that screws all the teams who fall behind from the fiacre bunching in the previous leg, throw in an "exciting" roadblock that doesn't allow anyone to get a...

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feeds@yuku.com (oh ehm gee) — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:41:59 GMT

A Dying Clown wrote:
The worst example of a "city to rural area" is still an early season one: the godawful TAR4 France leg.

TAR has never had a great France leg - the closest would probably be the half-leg in the TAR10 finale. The tasks in TAR1 were really predictable and/or lame (Eiffel Tower visit, drinking tea, landmark hunting), the TAR4 leg ripped off the Dieselgate leg from TAR3, and the less said...

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feeds@yuku.com (A Dying Clown) — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:18:23 GMT

The worst example of a "city to rural area" is still an early season one: the godawful TAR4 France leg.

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feeds@yuku.com (oh ehm gee) — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:26:44 GMT

Glebe220 wrote:
You guys make lots of good points. We're getting to the point that they're running out of new countries and I 'd like to see them explore countries more in depth more often.

The alternating urban and rural used to be very common on TAR and added to the feel of variety. TAR1's two India legs with urban Delhi followed by desert Rajasthan is another one as well as...

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feeds@yuku.com (Glebe220) — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:51:39 GMT

You guys make lots of good points. We're getting to the point that they're running out of new countries and I 'd like to see them explore countries more in depth more often.

The alternating urban and rural used to be very common on TAR and added to the feel of variety. TAR1's two India legs with urban Delhi followed by desert Rajasthan is another one as well as their two Tunisia legs with one partly in crowded Tunis and the next in the Sahara....

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feeds@yuku.com (van slyker) — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 20:34:55 GMT

I agree. It is all about the contrast and variety in the world and not how many new flags you add to the TAR resume. Different scenery and looks and types of tasks are more important.

Yea thats true. and also like you said TAR2 hit both Alaska and Hawaii adding 2 more sceneries to the race despite adding no new countries.

TAR 7 had 2 legs in both Argentina and Botswana where they mainly drove around and in each case the second leg in...

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feeds@yuku.com (Apprentice Talker) — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 00:16:08 GMT

During the end of leg 5 in TAR1, teams were relocated in Gabes due to sandstorm at the desert pitstop. The next leg (6) was started in Gabes. During that leg, there was an airport strike in Rome got delayed all the six remaining teams.

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feeds@yuku.com (greenraven1) — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 19:09:24 GMT

^ I agree. It is all about the contrast and variety in the world and not how many new flags you add to the TAR resume. Different scenery and looks and types of tasks are more important.

And you can add TAR6's China legs which had a much better contrast (modern large city to history and rural beauty) than their Hungary legs. And back to TAR2, the two Thai legs were good contrast too with the large city followed by the rural north. They did that in Australia too but...

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feeds@yuku.com (oh ehm gee) — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 18:21:20 GMT

tullfan2 wrote:
Multiple legs in the same country are fine as long as they go to different locations. TAR 7 had 2 legs in both Argentina and Botswana where they mainly drove around and in each case the second leg in both countries was poorly designed and added very little.

The two Brazil legs in this...

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feeds@yuku.com (tullfan2) — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 16:43:56 GMT

Multiple legs in the same country are fine as long as they go to different locations. TAR 7 had 2 legs in both Argentina and Botswana where they mainly drove around and in each case the second leg in both countries was poorly designed and added very little.

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feeds@yuku.com (greenraven1) — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 05:59:43 GMT

^ Oh how quickly the giant office chair has been lost to history. Years from now some archaeologist will dig up it's remains and wonder at what race of giants once lived in that land of yore.

I liked less countries with more depth. We are getting cardboard surface images instead of countries a lot in recent seasons. And turning around hopping on a plane means no real interaction with the people. Kind of defeats having a race around the world at this point if we can't see...

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feeds@yuku.com (van slyker) — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 01:27:54 GMT

so besides FE, TAR2 and TAR1 have the least. Not that it's a horrible thing...

1. 7 countries (Zambia, France, Tunisia, Italy, India, Thailand, China)
2. 7 countries (Brazil, South Africa, Namibia, Thailand, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand)
3. 8 countries (Mexico, UK, Portugal, Morocco, Germany, Switzerland, Singapore, Vietnam)
4. 8 countries (Italy, Austria, France, Netherlands, India, Malaysia, Korea, Australia)
5. 10 countries (Uruguay, Argentina,...

Rewatching TAR2....

feeds@yuku.com (lawnmunchkin) — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:48:54 GMT

So I started re watching TAR2 last night and I realized that in Phil's opening speech to the racers that part of it is dubbed over. Twice when the camera moves away from Phil it sounds like it was something he recorded later, rather than what was being said right at that time. Did anyone else notice this? I just found it odd that I never noticed that before!

PS TAR2 <3